Outline and discuss Durkheim's "Division of Labor in Society" Often referred to as "the father of sociology", Emile Durkheim was one of the most influential and high-ranking individuals in contemporary social thought. His work has stimulated great achievement among sociologists for many years in terms of the study of civil societies, cultural analysis, and the sociology of emotions (Emirbayer and Cohen 2003:1). Durkheim's perspectives also cover a wide range of other issues, from social structure to individual and collective action, from the state and the political public sphere of economic life, and from sociological methodology to moral criticism. The implications of Durkheim's impact on the sociology of modernity have perhaps never been fully appreciated in academia as they are today (Emirbayer 2003: 1). The Division of Labor in Society was Emile Durkheim's first key academic work, a crucial addition to contemporary sociology (Merton 1934: 328) and has been called sociology's first classic (Tiryakian 1994). His account has been declared the precursor of modern ecosystem theory, and the key arguments of his study have been taken up in that academic tradition (Schnore 1958). As part of his doctoral requirements, it was written during the 1880s and later published as a complete work in 1893 while Durkheim was in Bordeaux. The Division of Labor is the first and most notable study that has established a completely current approach and with respectively vital and thought objectives on society. First, Durkheim wished to analyze the nature of the bonds that associate the individual with society and social bonds that associate individuals with each other. Furthermore,...... half of the document...... M, (2003), Emile Durkheim: sociologist of modernity, Oxford, Blackwell publishingFulcher, J, Scott, J, (2011), Sociology, 4th ed . Oxford, Oxford University PressHirsch, P, Fiss, PC, Hoel-Green, A, (2009), A Durkheimian Approach to Globalization, Oxford, Oxford University PressJones, RA, (1986), Emile Durkheim: An Introduction to Four Major Works, California, Sage Publications IncMerton, RK, RKM, (1934), Durkheim's Division of Labor in Society, American journal of Sociology, [online], 40 (3), 319-328. Available from: http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/jhamlin/4111/Readings/MertonDurkheim.pdf [Accessed 14 October 2013]Morrison, K, (1995), Marx, Durkheim, Weber: formations of Modern Social Thought, London, Sage Publications Limited Morrison, K, (1995), Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought, 2nd ed. London, Sage Publications Limited